Door closer



June 8,1926.y l 1,588,349

' M. FTACNIK DOOR CLOSER Filed March 27, 1924 Patented June 8, 1926.A

UNITED s'ipfr-Es.

MARTIN FTAcNrK, or'Y CALDWELL, oH'Io.

PAT-ENT; OFFICE.

noon CLOSER.

Application filed March 27, 1924. Serial No. 702,308.`

which is of exceedinglyA simple construction D boards 6 which are connected and one that may be easily and quickly at'- tached to a door or gate without materially altering the construction of the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a closer of the above mentioned type which may be manufactured at a very nominal cost and will thereby constitute a practical article of manufacture. f

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. Y

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same l Figure 1 is a front elevational view vof a swinging door and a door opening frame shown in proper relation thereto,

Figure -2 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line II-II of Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view-showing one vertical edge of the door in elevation and the door closer embodying this invention illustrated in vertical section,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the bracket employed for connecting the closer to the door,

Figure 5 is a front elevational viewy of a wire fence and a gate associatedtherewith and is intended to illustrate the adaptability of the closer to such atype of fence and gate,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view of the closer used in connection with the gate and fence and is taken upon line VI- VI of Fig. 5, and

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view taken upon lines VII-VII of Fig. 5 and illustrates in detail a latch structure which is adapted to be used in connection with the gate shown in Fig. 5.v

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates the casing or frame which surrounds the opening provided for a door. In Fig. 2 the vertical side portion 5a of this frame is illustrated in transverse section and is shown as consisting of the opposite face y the cross beard 7. This cross board s illustrated as being provided with a rearwardly extending flange 8 which has'one of lits facesmon' a plane with one wall of a slot 8 that is formed in the cross board 7.V In Figs. 1 and 2, the various portionsof the frame 5 are illustrated as being provided with stop strips 9 which are employed for preventing toogreat a movement -of the door 10 in one direction, or in other words, the stop strip 9 will retain the door in its properly closed position. Y

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the vert-ical edge portion 10a of the door 10'ris illustrated as being provided with the cutout portions or `notches 11 which extend inwardly from the verticaledge of the said door. In Figs.

1 and 3, this vertical edge of the door is illustrated as being provided with elongated recesses 12 which communicate at their adjacent ends with the cutout portion or notch V11 and extend upwardly and downwardly from opposite sides thereof. In Fig. 4, there is illustrated in detail an angular bracket which consists of the central portionr13 and the end portion 14. These portions 13 and 14 are each provided with a pair of spaced apertures 15, thepurpose for which the same are to beused will be described at a later point. In Fig. 3, the bracket illustrated in detail in Fig. 4 is shown as being secured to the' vert-ical portion 10a of the door 10 by means of the screws 16Ywhich pass throughthe openings 15v formed inthe end portions 14 of the bracket and vthesel said yscrews 16 hold the end portions'14 in the velongated recesses 12 formed in the said door 10. The embedding of these end portions 14 in the elongated recesses 12 will position the central portion 13 of the bracketwell within the cutout portion 11. In Figs. 1 tol3 inclusive, there is illustrated a coil spring 17 .which has its end 18 secured byv rivets or the like to the flange 8 carried by the cross board 7 of the door frame portion 5a. The opposite end 19 ofthe coil spring 17 is secured to the central portion 13 of the bracket illustrated in detail in Fig. 4 by suitable rivets which pass through the 1openings 15 formed in this central portion 13. Thiscoil spring 17 is also illustrated as having a plurality of coils or turns which are arranged around the central portion 13 of the bracket. By inspecting Fig. 1, it will be seen that the structure illus--` trated in ,Figs 2 tc 4 inclusive kwetsen provided in duplicate and arranged in presn Vof pipesections.

iniity to thehinges Whichswingingly connect the door l to the portion a'of thedoor opening traine 5. It will also be seen that when the door is swungfinto lits'o'p''enp'osi-ition upon the hinges 2O that the coil spring 17 will be tightened around the centrallportion 13 of the bracket illustratedA in detail in Fig. 4l. This tightening of' the coil spring" 17 will cause the door l0 to assume a closet position. as soon as itis released by the personwhoeaused thedoorto be opened.

In; Figs. to 7 inclusive there is illustrated a further adaptation. of' the'closer illustra-te'd'in Figs'. l' to t' inclusive. .Y There f is' illustratedin Figi.: 5 a portion ot'a wire :fenoewvhichrconsists off the posts 2l and. 22 which constitutel opposite sides of" a gate opening; TheseV posts. 2land'22 are. preterably ot" tubular formation andinay consist Secured tor-these posts- 2l andj 221` are the Wires 23 which forni a part ofthe fence illustrated. There is-also illustrated a gate 2li consisting, of the ,tubular ranaeV 25 thatis hinge'dly conneetedgbyvv the hinges 26fto the post 2l. rlfhis traine 25 open 0n the hinges 26j-fthev coilv spring Will f be tightly Wound around the. frame portion V25 ot the gate and ivill-causethe, latter to swing intoy its closed position atte-r beingy releasedljbyl the person opening the same.

In Fig. 7, there is illustrated? a latch bar 314l that is pivotally secured to thel frame 25 of the ygate 24 by means ofthe rivet 32 and isf prevented troni dropping belenv a. horizontal planeby the stop' elenient which is carried bythe gate traine below the rivet 32.'. 'lhislatch-:bar 3l is further provided Withal crosspin 34 which is intended to be used'as a handle for operating the said bar. The post 22 of the. fence is provided Vwith alatch or'keeper 35v which is rigidly secured to the said post by the rivet 36.

lt is now believed' that the construction of the various.y elements illustrated in the accompanying dra-ivingfwvill" b'e understood from the above detail description. It is, also, .to heunde-rstood that the tornis ot" this invention herewith shown and described arel toV be taken as preerredl examples of .thesaine, and that various changes' in the shape,.size, and arrangement' offparts may be; resorted to Without' departing' troni the spirit of; the invention or: the scope of" the subjoinedclaim. Y

`Having thus described the invention,v I claiinfz-i l v, y

I'n a device'otth'eltype d*'eserlibe'dj thereinbination Withav hollow Cloorfvvztv traine having alv slot formed in one vertical. side portion andl a flange Within the borey oi said side portion juxtap'josedf to said'slot;v anda door hingedly connecte'dito sa'i'd'vfraine and having in it's hinged edge afcutout portion horizontally' alined with saidslot and? elongated recesses above and belowv'and' cominonicat-iiig With.` said cutout` portion, ofan angular bracket comprising end' portions securedin saidrecesses and an offset central portion located in saidcutout portion and out of Contact therewith, and alstrapfspring having one end coiled' around and secured tothe offset central portion of said'braclret Vand the other end threadedl through said slot and` secured to-'the flange ot? saidQvve-rti.- cal sideV portion.

In testimony Whereoit I1 ax lny signature. e. .A

' MARTIN FTACNIK. 

